Paint pail and brush holder



March 25, 1.941. w. PENN EY PAINT PAIL AND BRUSH HOLDER Filed May 24,1939 Patented Mar. 25, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device intended to support a brush and paintpail.

One object of the invention is to free the opening of a paint pail fromthe obstruction of a bail, the rungs of a ladder or any other objectthat would interfere with easy access to contents of container.Accordingly, to eliminate obstructions, this device has been designedyet to proe vide a place where a paint brush may be held.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device attached to a ladder frame,the device supporting a paint pail and a brush.

Fig. 2 is a detailed View showing all of the component parts in acorresponding position to that illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 illustrates the upper half of a metal strip showing curled springlock adapted to fit the upper rim of a paint pail, and also shows twometal tongues and hole for rivet.

Fig. 4 illustrates the lower half of metal strip showing slot holesadapted to receive the two .metal tonguesshown in Fig. 3, the lower endof metal strip curled to grip bottom rim of paint pail.

Fig. 5 is side view of Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 assembled in position toreceive a paint pail.

Fig. 6 is front view of looped wire brush holder with two downwardlyextending wire legs.

Fig. 7 is side view of wire brush holder, handle and legs.

Fig. 8 is top view of looped wire brush holder and the bent ends of twowire brush holder legs, called shanks or shafts in the followingspecifications.

Another object of the invention is to provide a convenient means ofattaching brush holder and pail holder, which is a part of the brushholder, to left or right side frame of single or extension ladder. Theattachment to ladder is accomplished by the flexibility of two holdingjawsl, T which pivot on shanks or bent ends of brush holder legs 8, 8.These shanks or shafts also .go through holes in the top ends of metaloff-set leverage pieces 9, 9 and they are riveted to hold together allthe parts mentioned and have washers between joints permitting theirfree and easy movement. The metal off-set leverage strips 9, 9 arehinged at their base by rivet l0 and top ends thereof are expanded bythe spring action of brush holder legs 8, 8 when lock is released orpulled upward into neck of brush holder. This is the open or applyingposition to ladder frame. Flexible holding jaws I, l conform to ladderframe as lock H drops downward on brush holder legs which are notched atintervals to permit adjustment for various sizes of ladder frames.

The two metal pieces l3, 14 are so fashioned by tongue and slotarrangement as to permit adjustment of these two pieces for varioussized containers. The lower half of I3 is curled at the bottom to fitand grip rim of pail, the upper half of 14 has a spring lock that snapsdown over top rim of pail after the two pieces l3, I4 have been adjustedfor height of container. The same shank of rivet II! that hinges twoleverage pieces 9, 9, pierce metal strip I4 two inches. down from top ofsame and a washer between joints permits swing of pail holder which,with weight below center, will always stand upright regardless of angleof ladder. The spot holding of the instrument to ladder frame isaccomplished by the leverage on off-set pieces 9, 9 which, when weightedby the container, are forced down close to outside of ladder frame andcant or tilt holding jaws l, 1 until they grip ladder frame. Thisleverage operation is reversed by pressure being brought to bear on thelifting handle and when weight has been sufficiently released theholding jaws l, I straighten horizontally, thus permitting holder andcontainer to be raised or lowered.

The lifting handle is so formed by the looping of spring wire as toprovide a finger-hold, also it provides a place where the narrow part ofa brush handle may be easily engaged or disengaged, the supporting legsof handle attached to pail holder in such a manner that brush whenattached hangs vertically close to the side of pail thus givingunobstructed access to contents of the container.

What I claim is:

A device as described, comprising a metal band, two vertical wire loops,said loops adapted to hold a paint brush, downwardly extending legs ofsaid loops encircled at their intermediate portion by the metal band,two metal holding jaws, said jaws adapted to partly surround the frameof a ladder, said jaws having an opening through which the rungs of aladder may pass, two metal off-set leverage pieces, and two interlockingmetallic strips, said jaws pivotingpn the lower ends 'of the brushholder legs, said jaws also pivoting on the upper ends of the two metaloff-set leverage pieces, said off-set metal leverage pieces adapted toclamp the holding jaws to a ladder frame, said off-set leverage piecespivot on their converged ends to the upper portion of the twointerlocking metal strips, said interlocking metal strips adapted tohold a paint pail.

WALTER PENNEY.

